Tracker / CVE-2025-71274
CVE-2025-71274
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper The driver_override_show function reads the driver_override string without holding the device_lock. However, the store function modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This creates a race condition where the string can be freed by the store function while being read by the show function, leading to a use-after-free. To fix this, replace the rpmsg_string_attr macro with explicit show and store functions. The new driver_override_store uses the standard driver_set_override helper. Since the introduction of driver_set_override, the comments in include/linux/rpmsg.h have stated that this helper must be used to set or clear driver_override, but the implementation was not updated until now. Because driver_set_override modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock, the new driver_override_show now correctly holds the device_lock during the read operation to prevent the race. Additionally, since rpmsg_string_attr has only ever been used for driver_override, removing the macro simplifies the code.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.18 → 5.10.252 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.202 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.165 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 6.19.6 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.128 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.75 |